INVITATION TO THE CYCLE SEMINAR: YOUNG PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
Organized by CNR-ISMed with SISAm (Italian Society of Environmental History):

The Yard and the Dust Bowl
Environmental impact policies in industrial Naples

November 27, 2023 10:00 a.m.

CNR-ISMed
Humanities Pole (VI floor)
Via Cardinale Guglielmo Sanfelice, 8
80134 Naples

Remote access on Teams platform https://tinyurl.com/yujdv6nv

The environmental history of Ilva/Italsider in Bagnoli and MobilOil/Kuwait Petroleum in East Naples leads to the challenges posed in the present by the two Sites of National Interest in the City of Naples. In an overview, it may seem obvious that the environmental impact produced over time by the two immense base plants is the main cause of the currently detectable state of disruption in the two suburban ecosystems. Yet, during the course of the second twentieth century, the steel and oil cycle grafted onto the Neapolitan region repeatedly adopted useful measures to contain its environmental impact.

Given this background, the talk will deconstruct and reconstruct from a historical perspective the political, social and cultural reasons behind the emergence, legitimization and implementation of environmental policies for the two giants of Neapolitan industry. The effectiveness of these policies will be evaluated through short- and long-term consequences on the state of natural matrices, consumption of finite resources, incidence of relevant risks, health conditions of citizens, and balances between urban functions.

SPEAKER. Valerio Caruso is a doctoral candidate in Social and Political Change at the Universities of Turin and Florence, a CNR-ISMed associate and editor-in-chief of the Italian Society of Environmental History. His research interests are in urban, industrial and deindustrialization environmental history, history of sustainable technologies, socio-technical studies and policy-making analysis.

SPEAKER

Valerio Caruso
CNR-ISMed
University of Turin
University of Florence

INTRODUCES AND MODERATES

Gloria Pessina
Polytechnic University of Milan
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies

FINAL DEBATE

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Alessandro Agosta, Valerio Caruso, Gabriella Corona, Giovanni Ferrarese, Walter Palmieri
CNR-ISMed

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC until seats are available
REMOTE ACCESS on Teams

INFO AND CONTACTS
valerio.caruso@ismed.cnr.it
www.ismed.cnr.it
www.storiaambientale.it

In annex flyer and program 2023/2024.